God Dwells within Me as Me

The title of this post is a line from Julia Robert’s character in Eat, Pray, Love.  So yes, I am a chick who is obsessed with chick flicks.  And I am a chick who does yoga who likes chick flicks so of course I would like this one, right?  Well my interest in this book…

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The Ties that Bind Us

My career path up to this point has been in the area of domestic violence, corrections, trauma and addictions.  Um, ya all that in 14 years post grad and four years prior to that.  To say I have seen a lot and have had a heavy career is an understatement.  I always joked that I…

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Your Eyes Go Where Your Car Goes

The title of this post is a line from a beloved book I read over the past year “The Art of Racing in the Rain.”  It’s a book written from a dog’s point of view living with his owner.  It has a spiritual subtext and if you love dogs it’s a must.  But back to…

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Loving kindness for me? What a novel concept

I like many people struggle to embrace the idea that kindness must be first practiced towards oneself before it can be authentically shared towards others.   Yesterday an insight hit me upside the head….I have been the boss I would hate. Being self employed means yes you get to be your own boss but what if sometimes…

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Ireland….where the love affair with tea began

Ireland is where my love of tea began.  I was never much of a tea drinker until Ireland.  I lived in Cork when I was 23 and attended UCC, the university in the city centre. I was young and excited to be away from home for the first time.  I attended college in Boston and…

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The Happiness Project

And so it begins…my new chapter, my real life as Colin Hay puts it in his song.  But no longer waiting. And of course tea wuld be a part of it right?  I mean I love tea, LOVE tea, black tea, herbal tea sometimes green (although that is just because I know it’s healthy not because…

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